Just a note to say how very happy I was to see you yesterday and how much I enjoyed our lunch and talk. I only hope you feel as young as you look and that your bout of ill health is a thing of the past. The girls looked so well and charming, too. Wee Jeannie, though, looks almost too young to have a real live husband. She ought to be married in a daisy chain with the wedding service read from a seed catalogue, as it used to be when we were children.

It's a sad pity that New Zealand is so far, dearest Papa. How nice it would be if we could all foregather more often.

By this same post I am sending you a copy of my book.